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When and Where was the First Whiskey Made?

In the Scottish highlands, several men pick up firewood and brush, return to their house and stoke the huge fire raging beneath cauldrons of barley mash. It’s about 1150 A.D. and the men, monks safeguarded by giant monastery walls, are creating a high-alcohol drink called “uisge beatha,” the breath of life (aqua vitae in Latin). Around Europe, the truly amazing cathedrals are just being started utilizing the new technique: the flying buttress. A Wonderful Crusade is underway inside the Holy Land. Continue reading

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